The Excellency of the Riches of Christ above all other riches in the World.
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The Excellency of the Riches of Christ above all other riches in the World.
I shall briefly run over this third branch, and so come to the Application, which is most in my eye, and upon my heart.1
- 1The Excellency of the Riches of Christ, above all other Riches.
First, The riches of Christ are Incomparable riches. In Prov. 3. 13, 14, 15. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom (that is, the Lord Jesus Christ) and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better then the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof then fine gold. She is more precious then Rubies, and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her: One grain of Grace is far beyond all the gold of Ophir, and all the silver of the Indies, which is but the guts and garbage of the earth. We may say of the riches of this world, compared with the riches of Christ, as Gideon sometime said of the Vintage of Abiezer, The gleanings of Ephraim are better then the Vintage of Abiezer. So the gleanings, the smallest gatherings of the riches of Christ, are far better, more excellent, more satisfying, more contenting, and more ravishing, then all the riches of this world.
FIrst, The riches of Christ are Incomparable riches. In Prov. 3. 13, 14, 15. Happy is the man that findeth wisedome (that is, the Lord Jesus Christ) and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandize of it is better then the merchandize of silver, and the gaine thereof then fine gold. She is more precious then Rubies, and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her: One grain of Grace is far beyond all the gold of Ophir, and all the silver of the Indies, which is but the guts and garbidge of the earth. We may say of the riches of this world, compared with the riches of Christ, as Gideon sometime said of the Vintage of Abiezer, The gleanings of Ephraim are better then the Vintage of Abiezer. So the gleanings, the smallest gatherings of the riches of Christ, are far better, more excellent, more satisfying, more contenting, and more ravishing, then all the riches of this world.